She performed in Bengali films including Hajar Bachhor Dhore (2005), Dukhai (1997) Joyjatra (2004), Shonkhonil Karagar (1992), Chittagong: The Last Stopover (2000), Shankhonad (2004) and also in television drama plays including Iblish, Kothao Keu Nei, and Tahara.
[1] She moved to Dhaka with her family when she finished her sixth grade in school.
[1][3][4] Anwar started her career as a theater activist by joined Dhaka Drama Circle in 1960s.
[1][5][6] In 2001, she played in the tele drama Kariman Bewa (2001), based on the biography of freedom fighter Taramon Bibi.
[7] Ishrat Nishat died on January 19, 2020 from a cardiac arrest at around 11:00 pm.